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  • Guys Read: The Old, Dead Nuisance

    M.T. Anderson

    Two fake psychics, one real haunted house--what could go wrong? A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka. ...

  • Facing Facts

    Kelley Armstrong
    in

    A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire.

    Sixteen of today’s hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Cai...

  • A Lady's Wish: A Novella

    Katharine Ashe

    From Katharine Ashe comes an original, exclusive "Rogues of the Sea" Series novella . . . To the world, Lady Patricia Morgan is a proper lady. But in secret, she yearns for a scorching romance -- a single night of passion to make her feel alive. ...

  • Frost

    Marianna Baer

    Leena Thomas's senior year at boarding school starts with a cruel shock: Frost House, the cozy Victorian dorm where she and her best friends chose to live, has been assigned an unexpected roommate -- confrontational, eccentric Celeste Lazar. What ...

  • The Third Kind

    Jennifer Lynn Barnes
    in

    A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire.

    Sixteen of today’s hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Cai...

  • Henry in a Jam

    Brian Biggs

    Beep, beep! Honk, honk! Henry is in a jam! On their way to a birthday party, Henry and his parents get stuck in traffic. A tree has fallen onto the road, and no one can get by. Luckily, there are plenty of emergency vehicles that are here to ...

  • What's Your Number

    Karyn Bosnak

    How many men does it take to find true love? When Delilah Darling reads a survey revealing that most people have 10.5 sexual partners in their lifetime, she begins to feel like a tramp. She's slept with nineteen men so far -- -- almost twice the ...

  • Automatic

    Rachel Caine
    in

    A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire.

    Sixteen of today’s hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Cai...

  • Guys Read: Ghost Vision Glasses

    Patrick Carman

    The ad promised you'd be able to see into the spirit world. But they couldn't work for real . . . could they? A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka. ...

  • The Girl of Fire and Thorns

    Rae Carson

    Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness. Elisa is the chosen one. But she is also the younger of two princesses. The one who has never done anything remarkable, and can't see how she ever will. Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she ...

  • The Beginning of After

    Jennifer Castle

    Anyone who's had something truly crappy happen to them will tell you: It's all about Before and After. What I'm talking about here is the ka-pow, shake-you-to-your-core-and-turn-your-bones-to-plastic kind of crappy. Sixteen-year-old Laurel's world...

  • Sweet Venom

    Tera Lynn Childs

    Grace just moved to San Francisco and is excited to start over at a new school. The change is full of fresh possibilities, but it's also a tiny bit scary. It gets scarier when a minotaur walks in the door. And even more shocking when a girl who looks...

  • Guys Read: The Snake Mafia

    Gennifer Choldenko

    River and Niko find their dad is missing, and they have no choice but to track him down. But when they discover the clues lead to a shady reptile dealer, they start to think they might have gotten in over their heads. A short story from Guys Read: Th...

  • Leaving

    Ally Condie
    in

    A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire.

    Sixteen of today’s hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Cai...

  • Ghosts by Gaslight

    Jack Dann

    Seventeen all-new stories illuminate the steampunk world of fog and fear! Modern masters of the supernatural weave their magic to revitalize the chilling Victorian and Edwardian ghostly tale: here are haunted houses, arcane inventions, spirits rea...

  • Guys Read: Believing in Brooklyn

    Matt De La Pena

    Benny's friend Ray come up with his craziest invention idea yet: a machine that grants wishes. But when Benny realizes he has some wishes that need granting, he starts to wonder if it might just work. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by...

  • Skin Contact

    Kimberly Derting
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    A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire.

    Sixteen of today’s hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Cai...

  • Loose Diamonds

    Amy Ephron

    "I've never bought loose diamonds but the idea of them appeals to me, sparkling stones that I imagine come wrapped in a velvet cloth . . . " With her wonderful sense of humor, marvelously candid voice, and astonishing perception, Amy Ephron weaves...

  • Secrets of the Crown

    Adam Jay Epstein; Andrew Jacobson

    Prepare for the unfamiliar When every bit of human magic disappears suddenly from Vastia, it falls on the familiars -- Aldwyn the telekinetic cat, Skylar the know-it-all blue jay, and Gilbert the gullible tree frog -- to find the Crown of the Snow...

  • One Grave at a Time

    Jeaniene Frost

    HOW DO YOU SEND A KILLER TO THE GRAVE WHEN HE'S ALREADY DEAD? Having narrowly averted an (under)World War, Cat Crawfield wants nothing more than a little downtime with her vampire husband, Bones. Unfortunately, her gift from New Orleans's voodoo que...

  • Cold Kiss

    Amy Garvey

    It was a beautiful, warm summer day, the day Danny died. Suddenly Wren was alone and shattered. In a heartbroken fury, armed with dark incantations and a secret power, Wren decides that what she wants -- what she must do -- is to bring Danny back....

  • Beautiful Days

    Anna Godbersen

    For the bright young things of 1929, the beautiful days seem endless, filled with romance and heartbreak, adventure and intrigue, friendship and rivalry. After a month in New York, Cordelia Grey and Letty Larkspur are small-town girls no longer. T...

  • Fateful

    Claudia Gray

    Eighteen-year-old maid Tess Davies is determined to escape the wealthy, troubled family she serves. It's 1912, and Tess has been trapped in the employ of the Lisles for years, amid painful memories and twisted secrets. But now the Lisle family is hea...

  • Guys Read: Thad, the Ghost, and Me

    Margaret Peterson Haddix

    There's nothing better than taking your timid little cousin Thad to one of those sweet haunted houses the 4-H Club decorates for Halloween. Except, of course, if the house turns out to actually be haunted. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edit...

  • Guys Read: Nate Macavoy, Monster Hunter

    Bruce Hale

    Nate's best friend Jeremy is missing, and Nate seems to be the only one worried that he's been captured by hideous creatures that live in the sewers. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka. ...

  • The Princess Curse

    Merrie Haskell

    Twelve princesses suffer from a puzzling (if silly) curse, and anyone who ends it will win a reward. Reveka, a sharp-witted and irreverent apprentice herbalist, wants that reward. But her investigations lead to deeper mysteries and a daunting choice ...

  • Guys Read: The Double Eagle Has Landed

    Anthony Horowitz

    Tim Diamond--the world's worst private detective--takes on his most dangerous case yet, and it's going to be up to his brother to keep him out of trouble. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka. ...

  • Vanish

    Sophie Jordan

    To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely-guarded secret of her kind. Now she must return to the protection of her pride knowing she might never see Will again -- and worse, that because his min...

  • Annabelle, the American

    Lavinia Kent

    Regency England just got real(ity) Episode 3: Annabelle and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad rumor Annabelle, Marchioness of Tattingstong, always thought she was a good wife. She's put up with all the titters and stares in the ball...

  • Hot Property

    Michele Kleier

    In their irresistible novel, Hot Property, Michele, Samantha, and Sabrina Kleier -- the stars of HGTV's hit real estate reality show Selling New York -- bring readers past the doormen and into the glitz, gilding, and gossip of Manhattan society. Eliz...

  • Guys Read: Pudding

    Jarrett J. Krosoczka

    His friends warned him not to try the fried pudding at the carnival, but Dan didn't listen. A short story in comics from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka. ...

  • I Love the Earl: A Novella

    Caroline Linden

    A single lady in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a suitor Margaret de Lacey has accepted her unmarried state with dignity, if not delight. She had no suitors when she was young and starry-eyed, though regrettably poor, and it's unl...

  • Merely Mortal

    Melissa Marr

    A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire. Sixteen of today's hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, a...

  • Guys Read: Thriller

    Multiple Authors

    A body on the tracks A teenage terrorist A mysterious wish-granting machine The world's worst private detective The second volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading is chock-full of mystery, intrigue, and nefarious activity. Featur...

  • Guys Read: Pirate

    Walter Dean Myers

    Abdullah Syed Hari is fourteen years old. He loves his family and his friends. And he is a Somali pirate. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka. ...

  • Lights on the Nile

    Donna Jo Napoli

    Kepi is a young girl in ancient Egypt, content to stay home with her family, helping her father, who was wounded in the construction of a pyramid for the cruel pharaoh Khufu. But that was before she and her pet baboon, Babu, were kidnapped and held c...

  • Guys Read: Boys Will Be Boys

    James Patterson

    A train ride home from a school field trip turns sinister when two kids spot a body on the tracks. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka. ...

  • Things About Love

    Jackson Pearce
    in

    A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire.

    Sixteen of today’s hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Cai...

  • Gargouille

    Mary E. Pearson
    in

    A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire.

    Sixteen of today’s hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Cai...

  • Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting

    David Reed

    My name is Bobby Singer. In twenty-four hours I'm gonna lose my memory. So here's everything you need to know. Monsters, demons, angels, vampires, the boogeyman under your bed: I've seen it, I've hunted it, I've killed it. I'm not the only hunter ...

  • Scenic Route

    Carrie Ryan
    in

    A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire.

    Sixteen of today’s hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Cai...

  • Bridge

    Jeri Smith-Ready
    in

    A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire.

    Sixteen of today’s hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Cai...

  • The Chase

    Debra White Smith

    Ryan Mansfield wishes he could turn back time and save his marriage. But there was no going back once his wife, Shelly, found out about the affair. He's since turned his life around and found God, but Shelly has moved on. There's a new man in her ...

  • Death of the Mantis

    Michael Stanley

    In the southern Kalahari area of Botswana -- an arid landscape of legends that speak of lost cities, hidden wealth, and ancient gods -- a fractious ranger named Monzo is found dying from a severe head wound in a dry ravine. Three Bushmen surround the...

  • The Spiral Dance

    Starhawk

    The twentieth anniversary edition of The Spiral Dance celebrates the pivotal role the book has had in bringing Goddess worship to the religious forefront. This bestselling classic is both an unparalleled reference on the practices and philosophies of...

  • Reamde

    Neal Stephenson

    Neal Stephenson, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Anathem, returns to the terrain of his groundbreaking novels Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, and Cryptonomicon to deliver a high-intensity, high-stakes, action-packed adventure thriller in whic...

  • IV League

    Margaret Stohl
    in

    A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire.

    Sixteen of today’s hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Cai...

  • Irma Voth

    Miriam Toews

    That rare coming-of-age story able to blend the dark with the uplifting, Irma Voth follows a young Mennonite woman, vulnerable yet wise beyond her years, who carries a terrible family secret with her on a remarkable journey to survival and redemption...

  • Sanctus

    Simon Toyne

    One man's sacrifice shocks the world . . . One woman's courage threatens a conspiracy as old as humankind . . . And some will do anything -- anything -- to keep their secrets in the dark. A man climbs a cliff face in the oldest inhabited place o...

  • Niederwald

    Rachel Vincent
    in

    A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire. Sixteen of today's hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, and M...

  • The Mystery of the Missing Everything

    Ben H. Winters

    There has been a shocking crime at Mary Todd Lincoln Middle School. In a glass case in the front hall, a trophy -- the trophy, the first trophy ever won in the school's lackluster competitive history -- has been stolen. Even more horrifying, an...

  • The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman

    Ben H. Winters

    It all started with a Special Project: Solve a mystery in your own life. For seventh grader Bethesda Fielding, one mystery is too tempting to ignore. She's convinced that her mousy Music Fundamentals teacher is hiding a secret life. But no one is ...

  • Dragons of Silk

    Laurence Yep

    The Weaving Maid wove robes of silk for Heaven, but when she met the Cowboy, she abandoned her loom to be with him. But Heaven would not allow this, and put the Milky Way in between them. Silk binds the lives of four girls from different generatio...

  • Lost Memory of Skin

    Russell Banks

    Suspended in a strangely modern-day version of limbo, the young man at the center of Russell Banks's uncompromising and morally complex new novel must create a life for himself in the wake of incarceration. Known in his new identity only as the Kid, ...

  • Absolute Midnight

    Clive Barker

    "I know that many of you here have waited years for this Hour," Mater Motley said, using that voice that, though it was barely conversational in volume, was somehow heard everywhere. "The waiting is over. Tomorrow there will be no dawn. Only midnight...

  • Defensive Wounds

    Lisa Black

    In this fourth novel in Lisa Black's captivating suspense series, forensic investigator Theresa MacLean finds herself embroiled in a case in which everyone has a motive and everyone is a suspect -- especially when high-powered defense attorneys start...

  • Every Scandalous Secret

    Gayle Callen

    Who is the lady setting London astir? All is about to be revealed... Notorious rake Leo Wade is not one for house parties -- he'd much rather pass the time in London's gaming halls...and ladies' boudoirs. But when his gambling instinct...

  • Red Phoenix

    Kylie Chan

    Immortals, martial arts, gods, and demons The intrigue deepens as the demon threat closes around mortals and gods alike . . . When Emma Donahoe took the position of nanny to John Chen's daughter Simone, she never expected to be caring for the c...

  • A Thief in the Night

    David Chandler

    Circumstance made him a criminal. Destiny may make him a hero. As a thief, Malden is unparalleled in the Free City of Ness, and happy there. But by saving the life of the knight Croy, Malden has bound himself to an ancient, noble brotherhood . . ....

  • Riddles and Danger

    Bryan Chick

    Noah, Megan, Richie, and Ella are the Action Scouts; friends whose tree house overlooks the Clarksville City Zoo. When they discover a magical world hidden within the zoo, they are swept away on an adventure in which penguins can fly, a mysterious fi...

  • The House at Shiraz

    Agatha Christie

    Mr. Parker Pyne is having trouble trying to get to Beirut, what with his rusty linguistic skills and the less-than-comfortable travelling arrangements. But, with the help of a German pilot, Herr Schlagel, he is soon able to get his bearings. Herr Sch...

  • Yellow Iris

    Agatha Christie

    An alarming telephone call, in which the phrases “it’s life and death” and “the table with the yellow irises” are whispered, causes Hercule Poirot to rush to the luxuriant restaurant Jardin des Cygnes, desperate to stop an impending murder ...

  • The Case of the Caretaker

    Agatha Christie

    Doctor Haydock, the resident GP of St. Mary Mead, hopes to cheer up Miss Marple as she recovers from the flu with a little story. The tale revolves around the return of the prodigal son of Major Laxton, the devilishly handsome Harry Laxton. Harry, af...

  • The Dead Harlequin

    Agatha Christie

    When Mr. Satterthwaite visits a new exhibit at the Harchester Galleries, there is one painting that bears an unusual likeness to a mysterious acquaintance of his, Mr. Quin. In one bold move he purchases the canvas on the spot, and in another invites ...

  • Strange Jest // The Case of the Buried Treasure

    Agatha Christie

    Miss Marple is accosted at a party by a pair of lovebirds who think that a lately deceased uncle has buried their inheritance. The naïve pair expects Miss Marple to instantaneously summon forth where the buried treasure is. But, this careful observe...

  • The Man in the Mist

    Agatha Christie

    The rather disgruntled pair of Tommy and Tuppence are sequestered in the Grand Adlington Hotel, having made a pig’s ear out of their latest case. But, while mournfully sipping cocktails, with Tommy oddly dressed as a parson, they are gleefully acco...

  • The House of Lurking Death

    Agatha Christie

    Throwing on an almost convincing French accent, Tommy is determined to act the Great Detective Hanaud to his and Tuppence’s latest, lovely client. Miss Hargreaves has recently received a box of chocolates from nobody knows who, and, due to her disl...

  • Poirot and the Regatta Mystery

    Agatha Christie

    Available for the first time in the U.S., this retelling of “The Regatta Mystery” features Hercule Poirot at his finest. A diamond merchant and his party step off their yacht to enjoy the festivities at shore. But when the youngest member of the ...

  • The Gate of Baghdad

    Agatha Christie

    Just as boredom is setting in on his long trip by motor coach across the desert to Baghdad, Mr. Parker Pyne reads about the case of the missing Mr. Long, the famous defaulting financier who, as the papers would have it, is in South America. Another m...

  • Philomel Cottage

    Agatha Christie

    The recently married Alix Martin is obsessed with a recurring dream of her new husband’s murder. Each time she can see the murderer clearly, and it’s the mild-mannered man she had previously been engaged to, taking his revenge. But, what’s wors...

  • The Case of the Missing Lady

    Agatha Christie

    When a six-foot-tall tan giant of man comes into Albert Blunt’s International Detective agency, Tommy and Tuppence -- married couple and detective aficionados -- are in for a treat. Not only has Mr. Stavansson emerged after a two-year Arctic advent...

  • The Rajah's Emerald

    Agatha Christie

    James has found himself at the fashionable resort Kimpton-on-Sea, all due to the persuasion of his girlfriend Grace, who during the last few months of their courtship has become more difficult to deal with. Among the upper echelons of society, includ...

  • The Mystery of the Spanish Chest

    Agatha Christie

    Major Hastings and Hercule Poirot are not interested in the mystery of the Spanish Chest, which has been reported in the papers so often that it seems to be an entirely closed case. But, when Hastings persuades Poirot to attend a fabulous party given...

  • Triangle at Rhodes

    Agatha Christie

    October on the island of Rhodes is a veritable paradise of privacy, beauty, and calm -- or so Hercule Poirot has imagined. The reality is quite different, as the arrival of famed Chanel beauty Valentine Chantry causes a ripple of malice to be felt ac...

  • Sanctuary

    Agatha Christie

    Bunch, engrossed in her flower arrangements for the church, is placing the chrysanthemums when she sees a man crumpled over on the chancel steps, dying. The man can only utter one word, “sanctuary.” No one at the vicarage understands what he mean...

  • The Dream

    Agatha Christie

    Hercule Poirot is reluctant to answer a letter demanding his services by the reclusive and eccentric millionaire Benedict Farley. Farley wants him to diagnose his recurring dream of death, in which he shoots himself at precisely 3:28 p.m. Then, a wee...

  • The Second Gong

    Agatha Christie

    Lytcham Close, one of the oldest stately homes in England, is owned by the last remaining heir and ruled by his intolerable whims. Old Hubert demands complete silence when he plays music and times dinner exactly by a resounding gong. Rushing down at ...

  • Reckoning for the Dead

    Jordan Dane

    The official story is that Garrett Wheeler, the Sentinels' chief, is dead--killed in a covert op gone horribly wrong. But Alexa Marlowe--his ex-lover and most trusted agent--isn't buying it. Overnight, a new leader has mysteriously assumed cont...

  • A Beautiful Dark

    Jocelyn Davies

    On the night of Skye's seventeenth birthday, she meets two enigmatic strangers. Complete opposites -- like fire and ice -- Asher is dark and wild, while Devin is fair and aloof. Their sudden appearance sends Skye's life into a tailspin. She has no id...

  • Waiting for Robert Capa

    Susana Fortes

    An extraordinary novel of love, war, and art, based on the turbulent real-life romance of legendary photojournalists Gerda Taro and Robert Capa Artists, Jews, nonconformists, exiles. Gerta Pohorylle meets Andr Friedmann in Paris in 1935 and is dr...

  • The Ninth Day

    Jamie Freveletti

    In less than nine days, terror crosses the border . . . Hiking in Arizona, biochemist Emma Caldridge inadvertently interrupts the operations of dangerous traffickers in human cargo -- and is chased south into the arms of millionaire drug merchants...

  • The Last Musketeer

    Stuart Gibbs

    On the first day of a family trip to Paris, Greg Rich's parents disappear. They're not just missing from the city -- they're missing from the century. So Greg does what any other fourteen-year-old would do: He travels through time to rescue them. ...

  • Dixie Loves School Pet Day

    Grace Gilman

    Dixie is going to school with Emma for Pet Day! With so many classmates and pets, the excited puppy can hardly sit still. Will Dixie find new friends? Find out in this easy to follow I Can Read book....

  • The Norse King's Daughter

    Sandra Hill

    Hell Hath No Fury Like a Princess Scorned! Princess Drifa can certainly see why Sidroc Guntersson is a living legend -- on battlefield and in bedchamber both. But the King of Stoneheim’s willful daughter pitches a royal fit when she learns of t...

  • What a Duke Wants

    Lavinia Kent

    What woman would refuse a Duke’s kiss? Running from a dark secret past, Isabella Masters craves peace and stability, a life far from the prying eyes of society. She does not dream of landing a lord. But in the arms of a stranger with magnificent...

  • In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster

    Stephanie Laurens

    The pleasure of your company is requested at the wedding of Miss Eliza Cynster . . . but not until she’s rescued from a daring abduction by the most unexpected of heroes! Brazenly kidnapped from her sister Heather’s engagement ball, Eliza Cynste...

  • L.A. Mental

    Neil McMahon

    Critically acclaimed writer Neil McMahon firmly establishes himself as one of today's top thriller writers with this dark and mesmerizing story that weaves together Hollywood and a cult, old money and futuristic technologies -- a powerful tale of sus...

  • Graveyard Games

    Ellen Schreiber

    Things might finally be back to normal for Raven and Alexander -- as normal as they can be for a goth teen in a small town and her dreamy vampire boyfriend. But the secretive couple soon discovers that Alexander's now full-blooded vampire cousin Cla...

  • Sexiest Vampire Alive

    Kerrelyn Sparks

    The secret is out ... Vampires do exist! When a video reveals to the world that vampires live among us, it's up to "young" vamp Gregori Holstein, VP of Marketing, to persuade the U.S. government to declare the video a hoax. But first the president w...

  • Hell to Pay

    Wendy Corsi Staub

    And so it begins ... again. Survivors of a serial killer who invaded their childhood, Lucy Walsh and Jeremy Cavalon are married now, replacing nightmares of their terrifying past with joyful dreams of the upcoming birth of their first child. Fiercel...

  • Breadcrumbs

    Anne Ursu

    A stunning modern-day fairy tale from acclaimed author Anne Ursu Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. But that was before he stopped talking to her and disappeared into a forest with a mysterious woman made of ice. Now it's up to Ha...

  • Wolverine: Wolverine Goes to Hell

    Jason Aaron

    Collects Wolverine #1-5. Wolverine goes to hell... literally! Someone's out to destroy Wolverine-permanently-and they may have succeeded. But if Wolverine's soul is in hell, how is his body terrorizing those closest to him?...

  • Mouse's Christmas Wish

    Judi Abbot

  • Birds of Paradise

    Diana Abu-Jaber

    Avis Muir is a brilliant pastry chef, Brian Muir a corporate real estate attorney. Their son, Stanley, is the proprietor of a trendy food market. Their beautiful daughter, Felice, is missing. A runaway at 13, Felice has spent five years modeling tatt...

  • The Breath of God

    Guy Adams

    When several leading society figures begin acting out of character, Holmes is enlisted on an investigation that will see him team up with famed ghost hunter Thomas Carnacki, and the famous occultist Aleister Crowley. As London fills up with mindl...

  • Deadly Little Lies

    Jeanne Adams

    Caught In A Game Secrets are what drive billionaire security expert Davros Gianakopulos to succeed. And no one intrigues him more than striking art gallery owner Carrie McCray. But when a vengeful enemy traps Dav and Carrie in a ruthless battle of...

  • Eternal Embers

    Tessa Adams

    Get fired up for this steamy fantasy romance novella in the Dragon's Heat series from Tessa Adams....

  • Last Man in Tower

    Aravind Adiga

    Searing. Explosive. Lyrical. Compassionate. Here is the astonishing new novel by the Man Booker Prize -- winning author of The White Tiger, a book that took rage and anger at injustice and turned it into a thrilling murder story. Now, with the same f...

  • Dragon on Top

    G.A. Aiken
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    Escorting the highborn Bram through deadly Sand Dragon territory will try Ghleanna's patience... and her resolve. For Bram is determined to enhance the journey with a seduction no female could resist......

  • The Dragon Who Loved Me

    G.A. Aiken

    I was raised for battle. And as the first daughter of a warrior family, I've earned my reputation the hard way. Yet now I fight alongside uncivilized male Northland dragons who think a female is only good for breeding and waiting back home in the cav...

  • The Tale of Castle Cottage

    Susan Wittig Albert

    It's the heart of summer in 1913, and Beatrix is eager to marry her fianc, solicitor William Heelis. But there are a few obstacles blocking the happy couple's path to the altar, like the troubled remodeling of Castle Cottage-Will and Beatrix's futur...

  • Zillionaire

    Gary Alexander

    Zillionaire is a quirky, fast-paced yarn that races from Washington State to Belize to Tikal, the great Maya ruin in Guatemala. A mystery drenched in dry wit and high-concept humor, Zillionaire will keep readers smiling as they try to figure out the ...

  • Purgatory

    Dante Alighieri

    The second stage in Dante's journey to redemption, Purgatory is presented here in a verse translation by JG Nichols, with English and the original Italian on facing pages, notes and a concise introduction to each canto....

  • Taxi

    Khaled Alkhamissi

  • How Tia Lola Ended Up Starting Over

    Julia Alvarez

    Welcome to Tia Lola's bed and breakfast! With the help of her niece and nephew and the three Sword Sisters, Ta Lola is opening the doors of Colonel Charlebois' grand old Vermont house to visitors from all over. But Ta Lola and the children soon rea...

  • Xoxo, Betty and Veronica

    Adrianne Ambrose

    The misadventures of BFFs Betty and Veronica continue in this third installment of the middle-grade novel series. A mix-up at school puts Veronica on the school paper instead of Betty, and Betty in Veronica's role as the lead in school play. Now the ...

  • Captain Nemo

    Kevin J. Anderson

    Captain Nemo is the fictional life story of one of Jules Verne's most memorable characters from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island. It covers his boyhood friendship with the dreamer, Jules Verne, adventures aboard sailing ships, b...

  • Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving

    Laurie Halse Anderson

    From the author of Speak and Fever, 1793, comes the never-before-told tale of Sarah Josepha Hale, the extraordinary "lady editor" who made Thanksgiving a national holiday!Thanksgiving might have started with a jubilant feast on Plymouth's shore. But ...

  • Marvelman Classic - Volume 3

    Mick Anglo

    Who is the mysterious Marvelman? If you only know him from his dark, deconstructionist eighties revival, then you don't know Marvelman! Go back to the very beginning and witness firsthand the earliest atomic-powered adventures of the mightiest man in...

  • The Oracle's Message

    Alex Archer

    Men would do anything for it...but one woman will determine its fate Steeped in legend, the Pearl of Palawan has a history marked by destruction, vengeance and love. But more important, the mythical black pearl is rumored to grant a power long cov...

  • Polite as a Princess

    Melissa Arps

    Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Jasmine, and Ariel aren’t just pretty and sweet -- they’re also polite! In this original book with all-new, full-color art, the Disney Princesses share their rules on good manners so all children ca...

  • A Horse to Love

    Melissa Arps

    The Disney princesses gallop away with their beloved horses in all-new adventures! Ride with Belle and Phillippe, Cinderella and Frou, and Snow White and Astor in an original storybook complete with a fuzzy cover and fuzzy stickers!...

  • Batman: Day of the Dark Knight!

    Jade Ashe

    Go back in time with Batman and Green Arrow to defeat Morgaine Le Fey and retrieve the mythical sword Excalibur. This 48-page reader features exciting full-color art from the popular Cartoon Network television series "Batman: The Brave and the Bold."...

  • Bound by Night

    Amanda Ashley

    A Vampire's Kiss Is Forever... Once featured in a horror movie, the crumbling Wolfram estate is said to be haunted by ghosts, witches, and worse. But Elena doesn't believe a word of it -- until she spends the night and wakes up in the arms of a co...

  • The Mammoth Book of King Arthur

    Mike Ashley

    The most complete guide ever to the real Arthurian world and the legends that surround it He defeated the Saxons so decisively at the Battle of Badon that he held the Saxon invasion of Britain at bay for at least a generation. He has inspired more st...

  • Deadpool: All in the Family

    James Asmus

    One collection packed with stories that will forever change the way you look at yourself. CHILL as Lady Deadpool and Headpool try to find the root cause of their majorly abusive frenemieship. Then THRILL as Kidpool and Dogpool embark on a 100-ton mec...

  • The Baby Connection

    Dawn Atkins

    He's a real game-changer... No better way to kick off her career than a fabulous weekend with a rock-star journalist! When Melody "Mel" Ramirez and Noah Stone part ways after those intense days, she knows nothing will stop her rise to the top as a...

  • Grave Secrets

    Marlene Austion

    On the day Bethany Carlisle receives her doctorate, she learns that her grandmother has died. However, Bethany's dismay immediately turns to anger when she learns that the wealthy, eccentric, and distant woman who raised Bethany has taken pains to to...

  • City of Orphans

    Avi

    As a newsboy on the streets of 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks Geless has a hard enough time evading the grasp of the Plug Ugly gang, whose sinister boss wants to control all the newsies on the Lower East Side. But now Maks is burdened with a n...

  • Prodigal's Return

    James Axler

    America, defiled and reshaped by nuclear carnage, promises little but a struggle for survival. Still, a group of hard travelers trek the worst this hellish place can offer, surviving by their wits, razor skill and knowledge of preDark technology. The...

  • The Gilded Shroud

    Elizabeth Bailey

    When the marchioness is found murdered at Polbrook mansion, the Dowager Lady Polbrook's new companion, Ottilia Draycott, finds herself in a house of strangers and every one of them a suspect. Only she can unmask and outwit a desperate killer and keep...

  • Gunman from Rawhide

    Todhunter Ballard

    Ray Donovan in Gunman from Rawhide isn't really a Donovan. He was adopted as a child by Pete Donovan, a prospector, and only when Pete died was he sent to the great Box D Ranch to be raised by Aunt Kate Donovan, a masterful woman who inherited the ra...

  • Enticed by His Forgotten Lover

    Maya Banks

    "Have we met?" Answer: a right hook! Because Bryony Morgan pulls no punches. Even when she's very pregnant and facing down the father of her unborn child. She fell for wealthy hotelier Rafael de Luca when he courted her for her beachfront real est...

  • Modelland

    Tyra Banks

    No one gets in without being asked. And with her untamable hair, large forehead, and gawky body, Tookie De La Crme isn't expecting an invitation. Modelland -- the exclusive, mysterious place on top of the mountain -- never dares to make an appearanc...

  • Zinnia's Zaniness

    Lauren Baratz-Logsted

    The penultimate episode in the Sisters Eight saga! Finally! Zinnia's turn has arrived. The poor girl has been waiting for her time in the spotlight quite long enough. Really, it would be cruel to make her wait any longer. What will her power and her ...

  • Must Love Lycans

    Michele Bardsley

    It only takes one bite... Since the moment he showed up -- gloriously naked -- I've been having a hard time keeping my relationship with the clinic's newest amnesiac patient strictly professional. Damian might not remember his past, but sweet mamm...

  • The Dark of the Moon

    Tracy Barrett

    Ariadne is destined to become a goddess of the moon. She leads a lonely life, filled with hours of rigorous training by stern priestesses. Her former friends no longer dare to look at her, much less speak to her. All that she has left are her mother ...

  • Quickstep to Murder

    Ella Barrick

    HER DANCE PARTNER IS A REAL HEEL When Stacy Graysin catches her fiancé and dance partner, Rafe, doing the horizontal mambo with a samba queen, she immediately nixes their engagement. But the two still co-own a professional ballroom dance studio. ...

  • The Last Target

    Christy Barritt

    LISTED FOR DEATH The paper found in a terrorist's pocket holds six names -- and single mom Rachel Reynolds is the only one on the list who's still alive. Private security contractor Jack Sergeant wants to ensure she stays that way, but first he must...

  • Merlin: Book of Magic

    T.A. Barron
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    The ultimate guide to T. A. Barron's Merlin epic! A luminous gift for fantasy fans! In this extraordinary guide to T. A. Barron's award-winning and New York Times bestselling Merlin saga, readers will discover the mysteries of Merlin's worlds as ...

  • On Canaan's Side

    Sebastian Barry

    Told in the first person, as a narrative of Lilly Bere's life over seventeen days, On Canaan's Side opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. Lilly revisits her past, going back to the moment she was forced to flee Ireland, at the end of th...

  • Boxer, Beetle

    Ned Beauman

    Kevin "Fishy" Broom has his nickname for a reason-a rare genetic condition that makes his sweat and other bodily excretions smell markedly like rotting fish. Consequently, he rarely ventures out of the London apartment where he deals online in Nazi m...

  • Senior Moments Are Murder

    Mike Befeler

    After waking up in bed with a younger woman, octogenarian Paul Jacobson can't recall how he got there -- or who the woman is. So he grabs the nearest pair of pants and skedaddles. Outside, he discovers the canals of Venice Beach, California…and a d...

  • The Empty Nesters

    Nina Bell

    Clover Jones and Laura Dangerfield have been best friends since their children were born. Along with Clover's stylish, powerful friend, Alice, they share holidays, sleepovers, school runs, and childcare. They're like one big family. But all families ...

  • All's Fair

    Julie Coulter Bellon

    Political campaign expert Kristen Shepherd excels at staying cool under pressure, but this time she's in over her head. After leaving her high-profile fiancé at the altar, she uncovers the shocking truth about the man she nearly married -- truth t...

  • Dangerous Connections

    Julie Coulter Bellon

    Having just finished a tour of duty in Iraq, Dr. Tyler Winthrop is ready to join his father, Craig, for a little downtime in Paris. But when Craig disappears, Tyler is yanked back into the brutal realm of danger and the unknown, and his fate quickly ...

  • A Rather Remarkable Homecoming

    C.A. Belmond

    Join the fun and frolic with American heiress Penny Nichols and her English hero Jeremy Laidley, as the adventurous couple sets off for more elegant travel and delightful sleuthing together! Penny and Jeremy are just returning from their honeymoon...

  • Powers, Volume 2: Roleplay

    Brian Michael Bendis

    The award-winning mash-up of cops and capes continues! Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim are caught in the middle of a war as the public turns on its caped protectors! Anarchy against powers is running rampant in the streets. A faction of young, ...

  • Rag and Bone

    James R. Benn

    Billy Boyle is sent to London to investigate the murder of a Soviet official. Was it random or revenge for the recently uncovered mass graves of Polish officers in the Katyn Forest? Scotland Yard suspects Billy's friend Kaz, now working for the Polis...

  • A Mortal Terror

    James R. Benn

    In his time investigating crimes for both the Boston cops and General Ike's European forces, Lieutenant Billy Boyle hasn't encountered a serial killer. But now it looks like he may -- a serial killer with a particularly frightening agenda. Two off...

  • Ecstasy Wears Emeralds

    Renee Bernard

    From Renee Bernard comes the latest gem in her series of seductive gentlemen -- and the tempting women who entice them ... Like all the Jaded Gentlemen, Dr. Rowan West may have his secrets, but he's done his best to forgive the ghosts of his past ...

  • Ashes

    Ilsa J. Bick

    IT COULD HAPPEN TOMORROW ... An electromagnetic pulse sweeps through the sky, destroying every electronic device and killing billions. For those spared, it's a question of who can be trusted and who is no longer human.... Desperate to find out what...

  • The Elves and the Shoemaker

    Eric Blair

  • A Crossroad to Love

    Lauralee Bliss
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    Christmas is a simple matter among the Quakers of the historic Ohio River Valley, but can it be time to welcome love into four households? The Hall family runs an inn that welcomes travelers like Silas Jones who challenge their beliefs and woo their ...

  • Getting Off

    Lawrence Block

    SO THIS GIRL WALKS INTO A BAR... ...and when she walks out there's a man with her. She goes to bed with him, and she likes that part. Then she kills him, and she likes that even better. On her way out, she cleans out his wallet. She keeps moving,...

  • Footloose

    Bloomsbury

  • A Plague Year

    Edward Bloor

    It's 2001 and zombies have taken over Tom's town. Meth zombies. The drug rips through Blackwater, PA, with a ferocity and a velocity that overwhelms everyone. It starts small, with petty thefts of cleaning supplies and Sudafed from the supermarket...

  • Paperback Writer

    Stephen A. Bly

    Paul James Watson is the writer of mediocre paperback novels. His humdrum life is flat, routine, and generally unimpressive, and his Christian life follows suit. Watson becomes absorbed in the novels he writes and his character, Toby McKenna, a highl...

  • Bronxwood

    Coe Booth

    Tyrell's father is just out of jail, and Tyrell doesn't know how to deal with that. It's bad enough that his brother Troy is in foster care and that his mother is no help whatsoever. Now there's another thing up in his face, just when he's trying to ...

  • In Sickness and in Death

    Lisa Bork

    Jolene Parker isn't sure what to think when her police deputy husband, Ray, unexpectedly brings home a new foster child. The impulsive son of a jailed car thief, twelve-year-old Danny has talents that include picking locks and hotwiring cars. Foll...

  • You Have to Stop This

    Pseudonymous Bosch

    I always feared this day would come. A secret is meant to stay secret, after all. And now we've come to this: the fifth and final (I swear!) book in my saga of secrets. A class trip to the local natural history museum turns dangerous, or perhaps dea...

  • What's Your Number?

    Karyn Bosnak

    Everybody's got a number. In fact, everyone has a few numbers. There's the one we tell our friends, the one we tell our boyfriends, and the one, if absolutely pushed, that we tell our parents. But only we know what our true number is. Well, I was get...

  • Girl Saves Boy

    Steph Bowe

  • Naughty in Nice

    Rhys Bowen

    Royalty has its privileges, even when you're thirty-fourth in line to the throne, as Lady Georgiana Rannoch discovers on the glamorous -- and dangerous -- French Riviera . . . Why should my clueless brother, Binky, and his decidedly disagreeable w...

  • The Unforgotten Coat

    Frank Cottrell Boyce

    From the best-selling author of COSMIC and MILLIONS comes an evocative immigration tale about two brothers trying to survive -- a daring story that miraculously defies belief. When two Mongolian brothers inexplicably appear one morning in Julie's...

  • Kiloton Threat

    William G. Boykin

    Taken from what could be tomorrow's headlines, Kiloton Threat is a novel that explores the frightening potential of nuclear weapons in the Middle East today. Out of the house churches of rural Iran, a Christian masquerading as a Muslim gains the conf...

  • One Day It'll All Make Sense

    Bradley, Adam; Common

  • Jefferson's Sons

    Kimberley Brubaker Bradley

    This story of Thomas Jefferson's children by one of his slaves, Sally Hemings, tells a darker piece of America's history from an often unseen perspective-that of three of Jefferson's slaves-including two of his own children. As each child grows up an...

  • Winning over the Rancher

    Mary Brady

    KayLee's To-Do List: 1. Get the job. 2. Convince the cowboy. 3. Find a way to make him stay. The only thing standing between KayLee Morgan and success is Baylor Doyle. She's in Big Sky Country to land the contract that will give her unborn baby sec...

  • Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues

    Michael Brandman

    Paradise, Massachusetts, is preparing for the summer tourist season when a string of car thefts disturbs what is usually a quiet time in town. In a sudden escalation of violence, the thefts become murder, and chief of police Jesse Stone finds himself...

  • .45-Caliber Desperado

    Peter Brandvold

    Cuno Massey killed a pack of Deputy U.S. Marshals, but only because they were about to rape the women he was escorting to safety. Thrown into a federal penitentiary, he faces a death sentence-until the beautiful Camilla and her cutthroat gang bust hi...

  • Redemption at Mirabelle

    Helen Brenna

    From Wall Street to...mom? What place does a single dad -- and his children -- have in the life of a woman with a strict no-kids policy? As completely irresistible as Adam Harding is, Marin Camden simply can't see how they fit together. After all,...

  • First Kill

    Heather Brewer

    Joss McMillan's perfect life crashes down the night he witnesses his sister's murder -- at the hands of a vampire. He then finds out his family's secret heritage: They are part of the Slayer Society, a group whose mission is to rid the world of vam...

  • Milly-Molly-Mandy's Family

    Joyce Lankester Brisley

  • Demon Marked

    Meljean Brook

    A stunning and sexy addition to the world of the Guardians about one man's revenge against the half-demon he once loved... Nicholas St. Croix is familiar with the evil of demons. After his father's death, a demon took over his mother's body and rai...

  • Lethal

    Sandra Brown

    In her newest book, Sandra Brown returns to the bayous of Louisiana to deliver a heart-pounding tale of corruption, betrayal, and murder . . . and the stakes couldn't be higher. When Honor Gillette's four-year-old daughter, Emily, informs her that a...

  • Warriors of Ethandun

    N.M. Browne

    Dan and Ursula return to the present day after months in King Arthur's England. They sought a way back home for so long, but now find themselves unable to cope with modern life. Ursula's incredible strength and Dan's experience on the battlefield mak...

  • Snow Angel

    Margaret Brownley
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    At a Glance... An exclusive collection of nine historical Christmas romances written by bestselling authors. A Closer Look... The American pioneer of the Nineteenth Century didn't have an easy life, but a snug little log cabin was a blessing aga...

  • Jokers and Madmen

    Ed Brubaker

    Collects two cases of the Gotham Special Crimes Unit such as: The Joker terrorises the city at Christmastime when he begins randomly executing people with a rifle, and no one from the Mayor on down is safe; and, a story the focuses on an old case and...

  • The Christmas Secret

    Wanda E. Brunstetter
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    Experience Christmas through the eyes of adventuresome settlers who relied on log cabins built from trees on their own land to see them through the cruel forces of winter. Discover how rough-hewed shelters become a home in which faith, hope, and love...

  • Except on Sunday

    Regena Bryant

    Except on Sunday is a contemporary women's fiction novel. The setting for the story is among the members of the Baptist Methodist Assembly (BMA). The BMA is a fictional denomination established by three progressive African American doctors in the 194...

  • The Cheerleaders of Doom

    Michael Buckley

    Matilda "Wheezer" Choi, the asthmatic who can fly and kick butt courtesy of her nanobyte-enhanced inhalers, loves pro wrestling and hates anything "girlie." Maybe that's because she grew up with six brothers -- or maybe it's because her home life has...

  • Those Across the River

    Christopher Buehlman

    Failed academic Frank Nichols and his wife, Eudora, have arrived in the sleepy Georgia town of Whitbrow, where Frank hopes to write a history of his family's old estate-the Savoyard Plantation- and the horrors that occurred there. At first, the quain...

  • Sally's Bones

    Mackenzie Cadenhead

    2 Months, 28 Days, 9 Hours, and 12 minutes earlier... Sally Simplesmith's life changed forever. She came face-to-face with death - a delightful, dearly departed little dog she lovingly calls Bones. But when the cadaverous canine is accused of a cr...

  • You're Not the Captain of Me!

    Dennis Calero

    In the far-flung future, the galaxy's most advanced starship -- the S.S. Sutcliffe -- its crew and their families, including ten children, leave their homeworld. They're in search of humankind's birthplace, a legendary planet called Earth. But someth...

  • One Child

    Barbara Cameron
    in

    The birth of one child forever changed the world two thousand years ago. On a snowy Christmas night in Lancaster County, another child changes the world for two very different couples....

  • Worth

    Jon Canter

    For Richard and Sarah, leaving the rat-race of London for the sleepy village of Worth feels like a dream come true. But their new life isn’t quite as idyllic as it first seems. The cottage is tiny and the neighbours are excruciating. Soon they find...

  • Secret Weapon

    Opal Carew

    There's only one thing hotter than a man in uniform...when he takes it off. Threesomes and men of the law have always been two of Janine's biggest turn-ons. So when her boyfriend offers to invite one of his buddies from the police force into thei...

  • X-Men Legacy: Collison

    Mike Carey

    Collects X-Men Legacy #238-241. An exotic furlough turns dangerous when Mumbai is overwhelmed by strange electromagnetic disturbances. In the wake of a particularly violent magnetic storm, the X-Men encounters a super-powered girl with a squad of mut...

  • Pirate of My Heart

    Jamie Carie

    When her doting father dies, Lady Kendra Townsend is given a choice: marry the horrid man of her cold, money-grubbing uncle's choosing or leave England to risk a new life in America with unknown relatives. Armed with the faith that God has a plan for...

  • Floors

    Patrick Carman

    There's mystery and adventure on every floor. There's no other place on Earth quite like the Whippet Hotel. Each and every floor has its own wacky design -- and its own wacky secrets. The guests are either mad or mysterious. And ducks are everywhe...

  • Things That Go Bump in the Night

    Patrick Carman

    Read, watch, and listen to each chilling story in 15 minutes or less! 3:15 means several things. It's a time when things go bump in the night. A place where spooky stories find a home. A feeling . . . that chill running down your spine. It mean...

  • Obsessed With Star Trek

    Chip Carter

    This latest title in the wildly popular Obsessed With series is the Star Trek fan s ultimate challenge. More than just a trivia book, this interactive game includes an electronic scoring module that allows readers to quiz themselves or compete agains...

  • Castle's Fortress

    Rhonda Lee Carver

    One hundred years ago, a little girl died mysteriously. Twenty years ago, another followed. Today, Fall Winters has to find out why. Twenty years ago, another followed. Today, Fall Winters has to find out why. The last person Jake Castle expects to s...

  • Christmas in Dixie

    Jeanie Smith Cash
    in

    They were sisters once -- identical quadruplets -- given up for adoption at birth. Now each receives a letter advising her to claim her inheritance and the family she never knew. . .at Christmas. Holly feels betrayed when she learns she's adopted, wh...

  • Widow Creek

    Carla Cassidy

    WIDOW CREEK REFUSED TO GIVE UP ITS SECRETS...UNTIL NOW Lexie Forbes had come to Kansas looking for answers, but all she uncovered was a killer on her trail. Still, the FBI agent wasn't about to give up on her desperate search for the truth behind th...

  • Heat Rises

    Richard Castle

    Fast-paced and full of intrigue, Heat Rises pairs the tough and sexy NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat with hotshot reporter Jameson Rook in New York Times bestselling author Richard Castle's most thrilling mystery yet. The bizarre murder of a pa...

  • Simple Gifts

    Ramona Cecil
    in

    Christmas is a simple matter among the Quakers of the historic Ohio River Valley, but can it be time to welcome love into four households? The Hall family runs an inn that welcomes travelers like Silas Jones who challenge their beliefs and woo their ...

  • Much More Than a Mistress

    Michelle Celmer

    What The Billionaire Wants... There's something suspicious about his sexy new secretary. Now Western Oil COO Jordan Everette is determined to reveal every one of Jane Monroe's secrets. And it isn't in this billionaire's nature to just ask question...

  • Lady of the English

    Elizabeth Chadwick

    Matilda, daughter of Henry I, knows that there are those who will not accept her as England's queen when her father dies. But the men who support her rival Stephen do not know the iron will that drives her. Adeliza, Henry's widowed queen and Matil...

  • Point Me to Tomorrow

    Veronica Chambers

    After two years of planning the hottest quineaneras in Miami and beyond, the girls of Amigas Incorporated are facing their biggest challenge yet--high school graduation. While Carmen and Jamie know exactly what they want, Alicia is on the fence. Shou...

  • Dark Heavens

    Kylie Chan

  • Spellbound

    Blake Charlton

    In a world where one's magical prowess is determined by one's skill with words and ability to spell, Nicodemus is a wizardly apprentice afflicted by a curse that causes him to misspell magical texts. Now, the demon who cursed him has hatched a conspi...

  • The Surgeon's Secret Baby

    Ann Christopher

    Sensuality heals. Love cures. Lia Taylor needs Thomas Bradshaw like she's never needed anyone before. The hunky, super-ambitious Head of Surgery at Hopewell General is the only one who can save her young son. Falling for the seductive surgeon is a...

  • QB Blitz

    Matt Christopher

    Carl has to watch his back -- even against his own team! Last season, thirteen-year-old Cal Kelliher was the star quarterback of the middle school football team. The only seventh grader in a starting line-up of eight graders, he spent the year pla...

  • xxxHolic, Volume 17

    CLAMP

    Includes special extras after the story!

    Watanuki no longer leaves the wish-granting shop he inherited from the witch Yûko. What’s more, he must help everyone who walks through its doors -- even the monster that ate his eye! How can the sti...

  • The Blood Royal

    Barbara Cleverly

    A story of murder, mystery and espionage (with a dash of romance) set in London in the long, hot summer of 1922, against the backdrop the Romanov murders and the disappearance of the Tsar's fortune. A beautiful and traumatized young Russian woman ...

  • Naomi's Gift

    Amy Clipston

    Take a trip to Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, where you'll meet the women of the Kauffman Amish Bakery in Lancaster County. As each woman's story unfolds, you will share in her heartaches, trials, joys, dreams ... and secrets. You'll discover how the si...

  • Shelter

    Harlan Coben

    After witnessing his father's death and sending his mom to rehab, Mickey Bolitar has to live with his estranged uncle Myron, and switch to a new school. The one saving grace is Ashley, Mickey's new girlfriend. But then Ashley vanishes without a trace...

  • The Penguin Book Of American Short Stories

    James Cochrane